Applicant Tracking System

An applicant tracking system is a program that allows managers to organize their hiring process by digitizing some or all of the following functions; candidate evaluation, messaging, interview scheduling, background checks, onboarding and more. Using an applicant tracking often saves managers time and allows them to better identify top candidates.

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BetterTeam

BetterTeam is a simple hiring tools that allows managers to post to over 100 job boards and better organize the hiring process with a number of organization and communication features.

What makes this tool unique?

Betterteam offers a function that writes your job ad for you. Simply pick which characteristics you would like in their simple drag and drop interface. The software will then automatically generates a job ad, allowing you to save time and create a better posting.

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BirdDogHR

BirdDogHR offers a number of hiring solutions including recruitment, onboarding and performance tracking. You can also background check candidates and if you’re having a tough time hiring, outsource the hiring process to the BirdDogHR Managed Services Team.

What makes this tool unique?

The Bird Dog Managed Services Team will help you outsource your hiring process and find candidates for you.

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Bullhorn

Bullhorn is an applicant tracking system that allows you to track and onboard candidates in the hiring funnel. The software also allows managers to source candidates by posting to job boards and through a social recruiting feature. Likely a good system for slightly larger small businesses.

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CATS

CATS is an applicant tracking system that allows managers to do all their hiring on one platform. Using the system, you can post jobs, set up a career portal, create a resume pool, and create reports to monitor your performance.

What makes this tool unique?

CATS is extremely customizable and allows managers to customize emails, statuses, and applications.

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Exelare

Exelare is an applicant tracking system that allows recruiters and managers to organize all their information in one centralized location. Using the platform, managers can source resumes from large resume pools and have access to a suite of job marketing tools.

What makes this tool unique?

The company has a variety of mobile apps that allow recruitment managers to hire on a variety of devices.

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HackerRank

Using HackerRank, companies can host hackathons to identify top candidates. They can also screen candidates by using CodeChallenges to test candidates in over 30 different programming languages and conduct video interviews while watching a candidate code.

What makes this tool unique?

Hiring specifically for technical workers, library of code challenges to test candidates skills, sponsored hackathons to identify the best candidates and a unique video interview format.

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Hello Talent

Hello Talent is a recruiting tool that enables recruiters to import candidates they find on different social networks directly into talent pools to collaborate on, organize, tag, and review candidates.

What makes this tool unique?

Hello Talent integrates with Slack as well as with Applicant Tracking Systems.

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Homerun

Homerun is a complete applicant tracking system for small to medium size businesses that care about brand, culture, and fit. With Homerun you create well designed job posts, customise application forms, source candidates, create events and todo’s and extensively review applicants together with your team, fast and effective.

What makes this tool unique?

Set up a truly unique, branded career site, personalise job posts and customise your application forms. Thanks to Homerun’s easy to use live editor and more than 20 unique job blocks, you’re in control of every image, word, font, color & form.

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Interviewing.io

Interviewing.io allows companies to hire technical talent that have performed well in practice interviews on the platform. Their candidates are vetted by engineers at top firms and as a result, more than half of their candidates make it to onsite interviews with employers.

What makes this tool unique?

The company pre-evaluates applicants for you during practice interviews with engineers at other top firms.

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iSmartRecruit

iSmartRecruit is a more fully featured ATS for businesses. Their software allows managers to organize all aspects of the hiring process, set tasks, create reports and track candidates through the hiring funnel.

What makes this tool unique?

Great ATS systems for larger small businesses that have more substantial hiring needs.

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Jobscore

Jobscore is a hiring tool that allows you to attract applicants by posting on job boards and through a custom careers page. The software then allows you to organize the applications and send messages etc.

What makes this tool unique?

Jobscore is divided into two products; Start for smaller businesses and Scale for larger growing businesses.

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Jobsoid

Jobsoid allows businesses to post jobs then organizes the applications from different sources including job boards, email and careers pages. Recruiters can also upload resumes so they have access to them all in one place.

What makes this tool unique?

Jobsoid allows managers to create a customizable application form where candidates can apply.

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Lever

Lever is a hiring platform that offers two products, Lever Hire and Lever Nurture. Lever Hire helps recruiters track all incoming applications in one place by creating candidate profiles. The company also offers a custom careers page and security pages to make sure your hiring stays confidential. Lever Nurture allows recruiters to create proactive outreach campaigns and workflows to help hire top talent even if their not currently job hunting.

What makes this tool unique?

You can develop a proactive outreach program to reach top talent that may not be looking for work just yet.

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Linkedin Recruiter

Linkedin Recruiter allows you to search Linkedin’s vast network of professionals (numbering in the 100’s of millions) and reach out via inMail to convert them to applicants. The software also allows you to track applicants as they progress through the hiring funnel.

What makes this tool unique?

Using Linkedin Recruiter you can reach out to Linkedin’s network of over 400 million people to find candidates.

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Postings.com

Postings.com is a hiring tool that allows recruitment managers to post their jobs and organize candidates. The software also allows employers to run background checks and can integrate a careers page on customer’s websites.

What makes this tool unique?

Postings.com allows managers to create careers sites that are mobile friendly since more and more applicants are applying on the go.

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Proven

Proven offers a hiring tool that allows employers to post their jobs with one click to over 25 different job boards including the Proven job board, Monster, Indeed, Craigslist and more. In addition, Proven saves employers time by pulling all the applications into one easy to use system, allowing managers to collaborate, set interviews & automatically remind candidates, take notes, evaluate applicants and message candidates all in one easy to use system.

What makes this tool unique?

Proven has several unique features including Pay-Per-Post job distribution so that you only pay when you’re hiring, the ability to post to the Proven job board and an interview scheduler feature that reminds applicants of interview times and reduces no-shows.

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Recrouter

Using Recrouter, you can post jobs to your social media network and various job boards. You can also manage the hiring process and see analytcs on your hiring efforts. Finally, you can set up an integrated careers page on your website to attract applicants that visit your site.

What makes this tool unique?

Recrouter charges a-la-cart where you only pay for the features you use.

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Talentnow Recruit

Talentnow Recruit offers three products; Source which allows recruiters to create a resume database, Recruit which is an applicant tracking system and connect which allows recruiters to take advantage of social recruiting.

What makes this tool unique?

You can use Talentnow Recruit’s software to create a careers page that is embeded on your company’s Facebook page.

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Workpop

Workpop is a simple hiring tool that allows managers to post their jobs to a number of different job boards. The company also offers a few tools to make the hiring and onboarding process easier. Finally, using Workpop, you have access to simple team management software allowing you to conduct performance reviews, manage documents and more.

What makes this tool unique?

Workpop is a hiring platform but also includes some simple team management solutions for current employees.

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ZipRecruiter

ZipRecruiter is a hiring tool that allows employers to post their jobs to over 100 job boards with one click. The company also offers software that allows employers to evaluate and message candidates out of one interface.

What makes this tool unique?

ZipRecruiter offers ZipAlerts as a job posting options. ZipAlerts posts your job to an email list with millions of job seekers who signed up to receive daily job alerts.

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Background Check Software

Background check software allows managers to check all the public records about a candidate. Background checks provide a manager with more information about a candidate and if there are any potential risks that need to be addressed.

Check People

CheckPeople offers background checks by searching public records.

What makes this tool unique?

CheckPeople has a comprehensive section about the do’s and don’t’s of background checks.

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FBI National Background Check

What makes this tool unique?

As an approved FBI Channeler, NBCI can process FBI background check requests within 3-5 days of submission for the following reasons: work/student visa, personal, foreign residency/travel, to adopt a child, or to review/challenge information on your own record.

One Source Background Check

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Careers Page Builder

A careers page builder is a software tool that allows managers to create beautiful careers pages and integrate them directly into their website. These careers pages can encourage people visiting the site to apply and are a great place to direct interested candidates.

Jobcast

Jobcast is a social recruiting platform that allows companies to create a branded careers page on their Facebook account.

What makes this tool unique?

Jobcast allows companies to place a careers page on their Facebook page.

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Hiring Resource

A hiring resource is a blog or resource database with information about all things hiring. This could include: job description templates, interview questions, hiring tips and much more. These resources are great because they allow managers to continuously improve their hiring skills and stay ahead of hiring trends. Additionally, they often include many time saving tools like job description templates.

Blogging4Jobs

Blogging4Jobs is a blog that offers tons of articles with hiring tips and resources.

What makes this tool unique?

Blogging4Jobs has guest bloggers from some of the top hiring companies in the world writing articles.

Harver

What makes this tool unique?

With Harver, you can build fully branded assessment experiences that are completely tailored to your organization’s needs. Add video, images and all kinds of tests to measure a candidate’s hard and soft skills and give a fun experience at the same time.

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Interviewing Software

Interview software tools are often video based tools that allow managers to conduct interviews more effectively. This is important because having a great interview structure can make it easier to select the right candidate.

Google Hangouts

Google Hangouts is a great way to inteview candidates. The video chatting software is free and easy to use and effictively supports group interviews.

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Spark Hire

Spark Hire allows you to send applicants interview questions and records their video answers, allowing you to create a video library of applicants. Spark Hire also offers tools that allow you to organize and categorize these candidates.

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Vidcruiter

Vidcruiter offers fully featured video interviewing software that allows you to conduct pre-recorded or live interviews. You can also schedule interviews, automatically check references and more using the platform.

What makes this tool unique?

Vidcruiter allows video interviewing, even on mobile devices.

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Job Board

A job board is a place for employers to post jobs and job seekers to apply to jobs. Posting on a job board can dramatically increase the visibility of your job ad versus posting it at your place of business or on your website. Many job boards also specialize in a certain niche, making it easier to fill tough to hire for positions.

AngelList

The AngelList job board is a great place for employers to find startup and tech talent.

What makes this tool unique?

Angellist has become one of the go to places for technology companies to find applicants. Using the website, you can also learn more about companies like who their investors are, what they do and how much they have raised.

BetterJobs

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CareerBuilder

CareerBuilder is one of the largest job boards and software providers on the internet. The company started over 20 years ago as a job board but has since added a suite of tools including onboarding and analytics tools.

Dribbble

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Glassdoor

Glassdoor is one of the largest job boards and hiring resources on the internet. Employers can post jobs just like a normal job board but Glassdoor also offers information for the job seeker including company reviews, salary scales and many other resources.

HCareers

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Indeed

Indeed is one of the largest job boards on the internet and the largest job board that offers applicants on a pay-per-click basis rather than the standard pay-per-post model. Employers can find almost any type of candidate on Indeed from minimum wage hourly positions to high paid salaried positions in almost every industry.

What makes this tool unique?

First Pay-Per-Click Job Board and one of the largest job boards in the world.

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Trovit

The Trovit job board pulls classified ads from thousands of sources and compiles it in to one large job board. Employers can also post an ad directly with Trovit. The job board is a great place to post a job for any position or industry.

What makes this tool unique?

Pulls classified ads from thousands of sources to create the job board.

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Resume Database Software

Resume database software allows managers to create an online database of candidate resumes for their future hiring needs. Creating a database means there is a constant pool of potential candidates allowing managers to hire more quickly and saving money by retaining candidates from previous paid job postings.

RESUmate

RESUmate is a free resume database program that allows hiring managers to turn resumes into a searchable database. The more premium versions also allow syncing with outlook and exporting of data to Microsoft Excel.

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Will is a content marketer for Proven. He is from Boulder, Colorado and when not writing awesome content, he enjoys all things outdoors, including but certainly not limited to skiing, camping, hiking, and surfing.